Stop Media Comment Spamming

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ oliversaar

   3.3y ago

   Works as it should and solved the latest bulk of spam entries in our images.

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2. ★★★★★ RossMitchell

   7.6y ago

   It just does what it says. It beats me why this is not part of WordPress core. I install this plugin on every site I develop.

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3. ★★★★★ webmystery

   9.5y ago

   I uploaded a bunch of media in a new site before I remembered to turn comments off. I installed and activated this plugin and voila – all media pages now have comments disabled. Thank you.

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4. ★★★★★ tonydjukic

   12.6y ago

   I don’t know if it ever worked, but a few weeks after install and activation, I logged into a client’s site and saw that there was still spam on media files.

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5. ★★★★★ Jason Kemp

   13.0y ago

   This plugin may have worked earlier but I have it on several older themed sites and it has either stopped working or it didn’t work that well in the first place. It is a good idea but there are probably some exceptions that are blocking it from working on all sites.

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6. ★★★★★ laCabriole

   13.1y ago

   Does not work for WP 3.2.1 … attachment spam still coming in …

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-24 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-04-22 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-04-21 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2026-04-19 800+ → 900+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2026-04-16 900+ → 800+ down after 283 days in tier
6. 2025-07-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-07-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-07-05 1K+ → 900+ down after 6 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• Enable Media Replace 600K+ installs · 4.4★ A
• Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ installs · 4.6★ A
• Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ installs · 4.3★ B
• FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager 200K+ installs · 4.7★ A

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Stop Media Comment Spamming: 800+ active installs, 3.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/stop-media-comment-spamming